American Warmonger

American WarSpammer

As a joke brought up in a conversation with Mamamontezz and myself I changed my name to American Warspammer for a day. The spam people a quick with this stuff, or rather, the anti-spam people are quick with this stuff. I've never talked about this before and never recieved spam complaints from anyone either, particularly the porn variety. I'm not supporting the following e-mail but I just thought it was rather funny that within a day (more like 12 hours) of changing my name I get hit with something like this:

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>From: "Pat McGrath"
>To:
>Subject: Request from Morality in Media/ObscenityCrimes.org
>Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:26:54 -0400
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>Dear Jeremy:
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>I discovered American Warspammer while exploring the TTLB Ecosystem. And I'd like to put a proposition to you:
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>Are your visitors concerned about the tidal wave of Internet pornography? Have their computers ever been mouse-trapped by a pornography site? Are their in-boxes stuffed with porn spam? Are they concerned about their children surfing to a pornography site with a URL misspelled to deceive them?
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>And: Do they want to TAKE ACTION against this -- instead of merely playing defense by filtering? We've got the tool for them -- an EASY way for Mr. & Mrs. American Websurfer to FIGHT BACK against Internet pornography!
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>If it is, you might be interested in adding a public service link to the OBSCENITYCRIMES.ORG Web site on your blog. Here's how "The Dawn Patrol" is doing it:
>http://www.jtanzer.com/dawneden/blogger.html
>http://www.dawneden.com/2004_10_01_archive.html#109816931064380535
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>http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/graphics/BannerSamples.cfm
>with four GIF format buttons -- three 125x125; one 88x32 -- that you can grab for your own site. These buttons were designed by fellow blogger Marty McKeever ( http://www.vigilancematters.com).
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>Please point your links to our root URL, http://www.obscenitycrimes.org
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>ObscenityCrimes.org allows Mr. & Mrs. Websurfer to report the URLs of hard-core pornography sites. We then take the data collected and forward it to the U.S. Justice Department and to Federal prosecutors for investigation into possible violations of the Federal obscenity laws.
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>ObscenityCrimes.org is a project of Morality in Media, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which has been combating hard-core pornography since 1962.
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>I invite you to tour ObscenityCrimes.org to see for yourself how it works. If you have any questions, you can call me or e-mail me at the contact info below.
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>Very truly yours,
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>PATRICK McGRATH
>Director of Media Relations
>Morality in Media, Inc.
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In memorial to this e-mail I will provide my one and only porn link brought to you by The Big Dick: Private Shots. Yes, it's real porn. If your under 18 DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. (like that's going to stop you) Oh well, have a good weekend.

Stolen Honor video is now FREE!!!

Hat tip to Angela at Yoshi's Blog Spot. I don't think I've ever been to her site. I guess I'll have to start visiting her. Anyway, the Stolen Honor video, the one you had to pay 5 bucks for is now free of charge on the net. A portion of The Buttoned Press, the Boston Manifesto, has released free of charge the Stolen Honor Video. Here's the page they have it up on. If you trust me, here's the direct link to their movie.

If you want your info in HTML here you go:

Buttoned Press
http://www.buttondepress.com/

Boston Manifesto
http://www.buttondepress.com/BostonManifesto/Index.htm

Page for Stolen Honor Video
http://www.buttondepress.com/BostonManifesto/StolenHonor.htm

Link directly to the 42.09 minute long movie
http://www.buttondepress.com/BostonManifesto/stolenhonor.wmv

If you feel like you should pay for it and support their cause
http://www.stolenhonor.com/

Even liberals should watch it. Hell, especially liberals should watch it. Maybe we can swing a couple votes out of it.

GO DUB 04!!!

You Might Be A Geek Part 2

Okay, I ran a few of these a while back here. With 11 or so days before Bush is re-elected president in a hitherto unknown landslide I feel it's about time we take a minute to sit back and laugh at ourselves. So without further adeu:

If you wish car stereos took USB Flash drives...You might be a geek. (rince and repeat)

If you quote Office Space more than Pricess Bride or The Holy Grail...

If you quote Princess Bride or The holy Grail...

If you own a red swingline stapler...(I've got one at work.)

If you signed any of the reinstate Farscape petitions...

If you walk past the phone book to look up a phone number on the computer...

If you can't remember how to spell a word you walk past the dictionary to google it...

If your Heroes for Bush character ever used a laser gun or slayed a vampire...

If something really cool just happened and you have to tell someone so you run to your computer...

If your computer crashes and you roll over to your backup computer to finish what you were doing while you rebuild it...(Doing that right now.)

If people use you to clarify technical details of Star Trek, Star Wars, Farscape, SG-1, etc...

If you speak to your friends in Star Wars terms. I.E. Help me Obi Wan your my only hope...

If you knew about JibJab before the elections...

If your vanity plate has a geek term on it...(try a couple)

If you can't wait for that new game to come out so you can steal it off the net...

If you've ever done more Chrismas shopping online than offline...

If you bought a data interface cable for your cell phone before you bought the car charger...

If you measure a man's worth by the size of his USB stick...

If you know who the author of Wizardry for the Apple II+ was...(special thanks to Steve)

If you know what an Apple II+ or a Commodore-64 is...

That's all for today. I need to work on my system rebuild. I'm sure more will follow...

Aeryn Sun for Bush

Aeryn Sun: Former peacekeeper and Bush supporter

As a former Peacekeeper I have learned how brutal the universe can be. I have seen and done things in the Pleisar Regiment that the people of earth can't even imagine yet. Things that I wish I could forget. The Scarrans have done these things to my people, as they have done to others for many onns. They know nothing but death and murder. I see the same thing happening with the terrorists of your world. Moose-lambs you call them? They wish to destroy everything that does not follow their belief system. I cannot vote for I am an alien but John has already submitted his absentee ballot for Bush and what's his name? Darth Vader? Your Moose-Lambs must be stopped at all costs. They have the right plan of action.

Sorry I didn't catch this earlier. John has corrected me. They are called Muslim Wackos.

In your nation of America you have two vastly different ideas of how to deal with these beings. On one side you have a Mr. Bush that believes that the only way to stop them is to answer power with power. This will work as he has much more ordinance at his disposal and what I believe to be a stronger resolve.

Mr. Kerry, his opposite, believes that you can negotiate with these creatures. He is mislead into believing that he can win the minds of those that have nothing to gain by joining him and everything to lose. They will not join with him because of their pre-ordained rights to some crude black fuel that comes out of the ground. They are also too weak a race to challenge either power to take for their own. They are to be considered lesser beings. They are of no consequence to you. They are like so many DRDs buzzing in the background. Kerry's belief in their support or relevance is frelling insane. He is floating aimlessly through space and time.

You may ask yourself why I have chosen to speak with you when I have so many more pressing matters. This world is not my own so what interest would I have in your insignificant affairs? As many of you know, Rygel is pregnant with mine and John's baby. It will be half peacekeeper and half human. It will be forever linked to this world. I would not want this world to be destroyed because a band of savages destroyed the growing technology of an isolated world on the edge of the galaxy because someone thought it was good to appease them. They cannot be appeased, just as the Scarrans cannot be appeased. They must be destroyed at all costs.

I must end this transmission as Moya will be entering Starburst shortly. Good luck in your free elections.

--end transmission--

TTLB Blogburst: Heroes for Bush

N.Z. Bear the overlord of the TTLB Ecosystem has planned a blogburst. Have your submissions for the Heroes for Bush blogburst ready for him by Thursday night or early Friday morning.

Here's the link for more information. I've already written mine. Lets just say I'm going to beat everybody...MUAHAAHAHAHA!!!

(If you'd like to consider that a challenge then it is a challenge. If you don't think this is a challenge...it's a friggin' challenge you schmuck! Go write something entertaining!)

Names already registered:

Spoons
Robin Sizemore
Tony at Oriental Redneck
What is Flig?
sisu
Lapsus Calami
Secure Liberty
Right Thoughts
CrankyBeach
American Warmonger
and a host of others...

Don't miss this once every four years opportunity!

I'm Confused About Health Insurance?

Maybe it's because I work for a large company or maybe Kerry's just full of it again, I don't know. Maybe a little bit of both. I got my yearly benefits package in the mail a couple of days ago and if I retain the benefits plan I'm currently on I'll be paying 7.43$ less bi-weekly than I did last year. That comes out to 193.18$ less this year total. Okay, so where's the big health cost hike Kerry promised me? I feel let down. Shame on him, he mislead (see lied to) me.

Let me break this down a bit better. I have big healthcare. There are a lot of options within my grasp for healthcare and I've chosen a lot of them. I normally don't brag about this but my company does right by it's people when it comes to benefits. The best way I can explain this is in chart form:

(My apologies for poor formatting.)

Benefit Credits - This is the amount of money my company is willing to shell out per-family for all benefits

2004-------------2005----------Difference
9,188.00_____8,952.00____-236.00

Okay, my free money went down by 236 dollars. That stinks but it's not too bad. They adjusted proportionately for the cost reductions. Cost reductions? Just wait, you'll see.

Medical - Just what it says and then some. If you have medical through our company you automatically get free vision. Vision covers one eye exam per family member per year plus half off their prescriptions every two years. It's not perfect vision but it's free. Now the medical:

2004------------2005------------Difference
10,195.20____9,863.28_____-331.92

That's better, my medical dropped 331.92$. So where's the doom and gloom Kerry is touting with a Bush healthcare plan? Sure, it's only a 3% price drop but wasn't it supposed to go up? I was sort of looking forward to feeling the pinch.

To be fair, I should include some of my other benefits since it's a total package:

Dental:

2004------------2005-----------Difference
520.20______540.72______+20.52

Basic Life Insurance: 1x my base pay (52,000) or 50,000 as a minimum.

Employee Optional Life Insurance: 4x annual base pay (207,000) This year is more than last year. Last year was 199,000 for 4x.

2004------------2005-----------Difference
143.28______196.24______+52.96

Spouse Life Insurance: 50,000

2004----------2005-----------Difference
23.40______42.60______+19.20

Child Life Insurance: 20,000

2004------------2005-----------Difference
21.60_______21.60_______No Change

AD&D: Not Dungeons and Dragons. Accidental Death & Dismemberment - 2x base pay. Again, since my salary went up, so shall the coverage and the costs.

2004------------2005------------Difference
28.80_______37.44_______+8.64

STD: No, I didn't need a shot. Short Term Disability (STD) increased from 75% to 85% base pay coverage.

2004------------2005-----------Difference
322.18______123.70_____-198.48 (not a typo, decreased 62%)

LTD: Long Term Disability. I'm a computer geek. Anything short of losing both my eyes or both my hands I'll be back at work before this would ever kick in. I did not take any.

Since I've put all the data in we may as well do the simple math to calculate how much everything went down total:

2004 Costs
10195.20
+520.20
+143.28
+23.40
+21.60
+28.80
+322.18

11,254.66 total benefit costs for 2004
937.89$ per month total for 2004
432.87$ bi-weekly total for 2004

2,066.66 total benefit costs for 2004 after 9,188.00 company share.
172.22$ per month personal for 2004
79.49$ per month personal for 2004
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2005 Costs
9,863.28
540.72
196.24
42.60
21.60
37.44
123.70

10,825.58 total benefit costs for 2005
902.13$ per month total for 2004
416.37$ bi-weekly total for 2004

1,873.58 total benefit costs for 2004 after 8,952.00 company share.
156.08$ per month personal for 2004
72.06$ per month personal for 2004

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Now for the difference comparisons any way you'd like to look at it:

11,254.66 - 10825.58 = 429.08 total benefit savings
937.89 - 902.13 = 35.76 per month total savings
432.87 - 416.37 = 16.50 bi-weekly total savings

2,066.66 - 1,873.58 = 193.08 total benefit savings after company share.
172.22 - 156.08 = 16.14 per month personal savings,
79.49 - 72.06 = 7.43 per month personal savings

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Saving money on your life and health insurance = priceless
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If you ran the numbers on any one of the above figures you would notice that there is a 4% total benefit savings and a 9% personal benefit savings. I'm sure to many of you these numbers are pretty boring but they tell a story, my story. Numbers like these are what inclines me to go with the incumbent president, Bush. It was under his administration that this strange event, saving on health insurance, took place. Is this a representative of all companies and all insurances everywhere? No. This is what has happened with my health and welfare benefits. It may not be representative of even the people sitting next to me. Then again, it could be happening all over the country. We don't have the demographics in yet.

I'm going to ask again because I'm still confused: where's the big health cost hike Kerry promised me?

ATTENTION! Kerry Plans to Re-institute The Draft!

We all know that Kerry is trying to scare the American people into thinking that Bush wants to re-institute the draft. He has become adamant about it.

Here are the ABC Headlines:

Kerry: Draft Likely to Return Under Bush (1)

Here's the comment Kerry made in the above article:

"If George Bush were to be re-elected, given the way he has gone about this war and given his avoidance of responsibility in North Korea and Iran and other places, is it possible? I can't tell you."

He believes that if things continue the way they are going he's not sure if Bush would re-institute a draft. Is that it? Is this what all the fuss is about? That's a pretty inflammatory title for such a weak quote. It's too bad there weren't any more quotes in the article. That's okay, ABC put out another one with better quotes and a slightly less panicky title:

Kerry Warns Draft Possible if Bush Wins

"With George Bush, the plan for Iraq is more of the same and the great potential of a draft. Because if we go it alone, I don't know how you do it with the current overextension"

That's better. Now we have all we need. If Kerry is elected he will re-institute the draft. Bush will not re-institute the draft. He has said so on several occasions. Let me say this again for all of the tin-foil hat wearing fools that missed this the first time: THERE WILL BE NO DRAFT UNDER BUSH!

Here comes the science of how Kerry will institute the draft:

Kerry's perceived key to enhancing our forces abroad is tied into the UN forces and the powers of France, China, Russia and Germany. These nations have nothing to gain by joining with a Kerry America. Many of them have stated that they will not join after the elections no matter who is president. Recent documents have even stated contractual obligations between some of them and the former Iraqi administration above and beyond the oil for food program/scandal. They will not commit forces to Iraq.

Kerry has stated that he will deploy more American forces in Iraq. He believes that we need to put more American forces on the ground to win the peace. He has harped on Bush several times for his "under manning" of the Iraqi forces. Of course, Bush went with the number of forces the military requested; silly him for believing what his Generals tell him. That must be another one of his character flaws.

Kerry has also made reference to beliefs that the real threat is with North Korea...or was that Iran? In reality he has stated we should be putting troops on the ground in both places. If Kerry had his way the "tough on nukes" policy mixed with his Bilateral stance on DPRK would land us squarely in a war with North Korea with no support from anyone except South Korea, who would have no choice. Iran, on the other hand, would hold a large number of our forces for an extended period of time as a deterrent. We may have the help of Great Britain and others in Iran but peace talks and posturing through the UN take time, over twelve years to be precise and they would still have waited. So how long do you think it would have taken them to depose the Iranian leadership?

The facts are clear. Kerry has made all of the aforementioned plans quite clear in his jockeying for the presidency. If we were doing all of the things that he has stated he would do we would have no choice but to re-institute the draft. Kerry has already stated in his second statement "I don't know how you would do it with the current overextension". With this, I'm sure he doesn't even consider the 183,746 reservists (as of Dec 2003) that are standing by. He didn't consider Bush's reserve time, why would he consider anyone else's?

(1) This comment is no longer available on the ABCNews site. A google cached page was used.

Kerry stinks internationally Part Trois (3)

Junk Yard Blog has found something that I don't think I can pass up on. I'm giving him serious props for his finds.

Japan has taken note of the comments Senator Kerry made about bilateral talks and is none too happy:

(edited by JYB)
(Source is here)

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe said Friday there will be trouble if Democratic challenger John Kerry beats incumbent George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election.

Takebe, who is seen as a right-hand man of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, told a Nippon Broadcasting System radio program, referring to the Nov. 2 presidential election, "It would mean trouble if it is not President Bush. Mr. Kerry is trying to address the North Korean problem bilaterally. That is totally out of the question."

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The DPJ [an ankle-biting opposition party] said [Prime Minister] Koizumi's expressing support for Bush is an interference in the domestic affairs of the United States.

Koizumi told reporters Thursday, "I don't want to interfere with another country's election but since I'm well-acquainted with President Bush, I want him to carry on."

It appears that both political parties prefer Bush to Kerry but Takabe made specific mention to Kerry's bilateral talks are totally out of the question. If I remember right I made mention of this before. Maybe it was here? I really hate to say I told you so....no I don't. I love to say I told you so, who am I kidding. For all you lefties out there: I TOLD YOU SO! When will people start listening to the load of sewage that eminates from Kerry's mouth? If you've been paying attention he's really good at sticking his foot in it. Not with little misquotables like Bush but full on "what the hell was he thinkings".

JYB finished his article up with a beautiful piece on the Phillippines. Lets just say that what I gave here was a teaser/trailer to the real article. Go read it or I'll hack your machine and make it your home page.

Pick a president

Jane has asked her 8 year old daughter for the second time about this year's elections. Kerry has still not been able to sway her vote. She might even be a better journalist than her mommy. Go read what she has to say.